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Relief effort launched as 50,000 people flee Somali floods
Save the Children has launched a rapid relief effort following reports that 50,000 people have had to flee Belet Weyne in central Somalia, after sever...
Read More »UN urged to blockade "rampant" Somali arms flow
NAIROBI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The world should implement a total arms blockade of Somalia and freeze some Somali assets to stop "rampant arms flows" fue...
Read More »Somali Islamists seize new town, war fears mount
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - amist gunmen have stormed a town in central Somalia, seizing it in fierce fighting from a warlord allied with the weak gov...
Read More »Somali Islamists, government-allied troops clash
MOGADISHU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when troops from a powerful Somali Islamist movement clashed on Sunday with fighters allied to ...
Read More »Fighting erupts in Somalia after peace initiative fails
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Heavy fighting broke out in central Somalia on Sunday, a day after the transitional government rejected a peace initiative w...
Read More »Petition for Peace in Somalia
We, the undersigned Somali brothers and sisters, are grateful to Allah for all that unites and binds us to one another as members of one of the very f...
Read More »Kenya bans Somalia flights after US terror warning
NAIROBI - Kenya on Saturday ordered the suspension of all flights to and from neighboring Somalia for security reasons, after a US warning that Somali...
Read More »City neighborhood bristling over racist leaflets
Along with this week's campaign literature and candidate positions, residents in one Portland neighborhood discovered racist fliers on their car winds...
Read More »Group promotes understanding
When cultures collide, knowledge needs to flow both ways, and a group of Emporians is working to make sure that it happens between Somali refugees and...
Read More »U.S. Pessimistic About a Simmering Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 10 — A senior American military official today painted a dire picture of the escalating tensions in Somalia, but said the Unite...
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